The POST Board oversees POST's objectives, outputs and future work programme. It meets several times a year.
The Board comprises:
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14 parliamentarians drawn from the House of Commons (10) and the House of Lords (4), roughly reflecting the balance of parties in Parliament.
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Leading non-parliamentarians from the science and technology community.
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Representatives of the House of Lords and the Department of Information Services of the House of Commons.
Officers
Chair: Adam Afriyie MP
Vice-Chair: Professor the Lord Winston
Director: Professor David Cope
Secretary: Ms Elizabeth Flood
House of Lords
Lord Krebs
Lord Oxburgh, KBE, PhD, FRS
Lord Haskel
House of Commons
Dr Therese Coffey MP
Mr Michael Connarty MP
Dr Julian Huppert MP
Dr Philip Lee MP
Mr Andrew Miller MP
Mr David Mowat MP
Mrs Sarah Newton MP
Miss Chinyelu Onwurah MP
Non-parliamentary Board Members
Professor Frances R. Balkwill
Sir David Davies, CBE, FREng, FRS
Professor Jim Norton, FIEE, FRSA
Professor Ekhard K.H. Salje, FRS
Ex-officio Board Members
Mr John Pullinger, for the Department of Information Services
Christine Salmon, Clerk of Select Committees, House of Lords
Mr Christopher Barclay, for the Librarian, House of Commons